Finally, Al Franken is seated in the Senate after Norm Coleman concedes (following his Minnesota Supreme Court loss). It’s been half a year now, so you could say this is the epitome of a hard-fought victory. Congrats, Al!
I’ve been watching a lot of the Al Franken-Norm Coleman battle in the Minnesota Senate race lately. At this point, I know more about Minnesota election law than my own. I’ve been a longtime fan of Al Franken, and I think it would be great to see him in the Senate. I think he will [...]
I went to vote early on Halloween day. Sadly, I was just about the only person in line that dressed up, but it did give me a unique opportunity, as you can see above. I was really hoping for touchscreen voting (for the sake of the pic, not security of my vote), but beggers can’t [...]
If you don’t know much about him, Ron Paul is this interesting, kooky Republican House member from Texas. I strongly disagree with many of his positions, but I really respect him for his economic views. Here he is talking about how he believes that America is bankrupt and must deal with the consequences of that. [...]
Congratulations to Barack Obama on clinching the Democratic Presidential Nomination! I’ll be voting for you in November!
Here are 5 goals we should be pushing towards as a nation and as a global community: End poverty rather than fight terror. The former is a solution to a problem, the latter is just treatment for the symptom. Creating prosperity in the poorest countries in the world is a realistic goal in our lifetimes. [...]
I just got done reading the somewhat unfortunately titled “Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market” by Eric Schlosser, which showed up in my stocking this year. If you’re unfamiliar with the author, he is better known for writing the book “Fast Food Nation.” This particular title is a few [...]
So, I was reading up on Ron Paul the other day. I dunno if I can get behind him, but he certainly is an interesting Presidential candidate. As a Congressman and whatnot he’s voted strongly to his beliefs, and seems to be more or less a decent guy. I don’t like his policies on isolationism [...]
